RN-131-PICTAIL

The RN-131 PICtail Wi-Fi® Wireless modules are complete, standalone wireless Local Area Network (LAN) access devices. Each module contains a TCP/IP stack and related applications. After the module is configured, the radio can access the Wi-Fi network automatically and transmit and receive data over a UART.
The RN131 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a development and demonstration board for:

• RN131 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi Wireless module or
• RN171 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi Wireless module
  The RN131 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daught er Board can be plugged into multiple Microchip Technology demonstration and development boards. The 8-bit MCU application development can be plugged into t he PIC18 Explorer Development Board (DM183032) while the16-bit/32-bit MCU appl ication development can be plugged into the Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001).
  The daughter boards are preloaded with fi rmware to simplify integration and minimize time and effort in application development. In the simplest configuration, the hardware only requires four connections (PWR, TX , RX and GND) to create a wireless data connection. The PIC® MCU can communicate with the boards through the UART interface, and can drive LEDs, wake the boards and reset them. The RN131 and RN171 wireless modules are controlled with a simple ASCII command language. The modules can be setup to scan and find an access point, associate, authenticate and connect to any Wi-Fi network.

• The RN131 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board has the following features:
• Adds wireless capability to designs targeting the Microchip development eco-system
• Supports FCC/CE/IC certified 2. 4 GHz IEEE 802.11b/g RN131 module
• Wi-Fi Alliance certified for WPA2-PSK and RoHS compliant
• Compatible with 8-bit,16-bit and 32-bit PIC MCUs
• Plugs into Microchip’s Explorer 16 Development Board (through 30-pin card edge connector) and PIC18 Explorer Development Board (through 28-pin connector)
• Complete on-board TCP/IP networking stack
• Supports Ad hoc and Infrastructure networking modes along with SoftAP mode
• Built-in networking applications: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, UDP, Telnet, FTP client and HTML client
• Configuration over Wi-Fi or UART using simple ASCII commands
• High throughput: 921 Kbps TX, 500 Kbps RX data rate with TCP/IP and WPA2 over UART
• The RN131 module PCB includes an on-board ceramic chip